republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2020rs/hb-147.md

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Bill	Municipal occupational taxes, prohibited if not already in effect unless authorized by local law	Municipal occupational taxes, prohibited if not already in effect unless authorized by local law	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2020rs	HB 147	Alabama HB 147 (2020rs)	bill	Occupational Tax	enacted	Sells	10	30	9	2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00	2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ac474e84-8eed-4c24-a829-9a9ed524a73a	http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB147	e2e7f24618e8c613f091983b560e1d673aab2c8d1f6e6ba4895031bf4e549bb4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama HB 147 (2020rs) — Municipal occupational taxes, prohibited if not already in effect unless authorized by local law

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amd/Sub 204606-1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amd/Sub 204806-1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amd/Sub 204807-1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amd/Sub 204808-1 (committee substitute) — source
6. Amd/Sub 205141-1 (committee substitute) — source
7. Amd/Sub 205775-1 (committee substitute) — source
8. Amd/Sub 205868-1 (committee substitute) — source
9. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
10. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 6 — 75–26 (pass) · lower
• Singleton motion to Adopt lost Roll Call 221 — 9–23 (fail) · upper
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 10 — 74–27 (pass) · lower
• Sells motion to Table adopted Roll Call 9 — 72–26 (pass) · lower
• Figures motion to Adopt lost Roll Call 220 — 12–19 (fail) · upper
• Sells motion to Table adopted Roll Call 7 — 71–23 (pass) · lower
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 222 — 27–7 (pass) · upper
• Coleman-Madison motion to Adopt lost Roll Call 219 — 6–25 (fail) · upper
• Sells motion to Table adopted Roll Call 8 — 75–24 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Sells — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on County and Municipal Government reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and reading-2
• 2020-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2020-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 County and Municipal Government first Substitute Offered amendment-introduction
• 2020-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 6 amendment-passage
• 2020-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 Hatcher 1st Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2020-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 Sells motion to Table adopted Roll Call 7 amendment-passage
• 2020-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 Hatcher 2nd Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2020-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 Sells motion to Table adopted Roll Call 8 amendment-passage
• 2020-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 Hatcher 3rd Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2020-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 Sells motion to Table adopted Roll Call 9 amendment-passage
• 2020-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 10 passage
• 2020-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2020-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2020-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 Coleman-Madison Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2020-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 Coleman-Madison motion to Adopt lost Roll Call 219 amendment-failure
• 2020-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 Figures Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2020-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 Figures motion to Adopt lost Roll Call 220 amendment-failure
• 2020-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 Singleton first Substitute Offered amendment-introduction
• 2020-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 Singleton motion to Adopt lost Roll Call 221 amendment-failure
• 2020-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 222 passage
• 2020-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 Chambliss motion to Reconsider and Table adopted Voice Vote
• 2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Second House passage
• 2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 Assigned Act No. 2020-14. executive-signature
• 2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 Clerk of the House Certification
• 2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 Forwarded to Governor at 4:00 p.m. on March 3, 2020. executive-receipt

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ac474e84-8eed-4c24-a829-9a9ed524a73a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).